They are changing America by changing the people
The Jihadist Next Door is the title the New York Times magazine gives to a long article by Andrea Elliott about a seemingly normal young man from Alabama named Omar Hammami who gradually became a radical Muslim. He went to Somalia, became a leader, and now puts out propaganda videos to recruit others to his cause … Continue reading Omar Hammami, Alabama boy turned Shabab leader in Somalia
According to one more report on the topic, “community leaders” are trying to counter the recruitment efforts they believe are still on-going in the “Somali community” in Minneapolis. Here is the latest on that film we reported here last month. This is the news at KAAL.TV.com. Give ’em jobs and they won’t go to Africa … Continue reading Why Somali refugees shouldn’t join the jihad (unless they have a death wish)
Jerry Gordon brings our attention today to yet another news story about immigrants we welcomed to America turning their backs on the good life to join a Jihadist group in the Horn of Africa. Gordon at New English Review: Americans have risen to the fore in the Somali al-Shabaab terrorist leadership. That doesn’t surprise us. … Continue reading “New Americans” prominent in Al-Shabaab
On the eve of House hearings on the Islamic radicalization of American Muslims, Jerry Gordon is reporting on an AP story that says Omar Hammami, the Alabama born and bred Somali fighter might be dead in Somalia. Check out the Iconoclast here for Gordon’s account. For a refresher on Hammami see our posts here and … Continue reading Is the “Bama boy” dead?
Update January 30th, 2010: The NYT has a lengthy story on Al-Amriki reported here at Jihad Watch. The Toronto Star has a lengthy detailed article yesterday about Omar Hammami – known to followers as Abu Mansour “Al-Amriki” (the American) — whose fluent English and flamboyant style may be responsible for some recruitment of Somali refugees living in the West to … Continue reading Al-Amriki, American Al-Shabaab, says they have big plans for the world